Festive Reindeer with Scarf Embroidery Design, Instant Download

The reindeer is in motion here, one front leg lifted mid-step, antlers branching up above. Brown body with the crosshatch texture that the PDF preview shows really clearly, the stitching follows the natural direction of the coat. Red pompom nose sits right at the tip of the muzzle, the green scarf flows behind the neck in a long tail, and where it ties at the chest theres a red bow with a yellow bell hanging off it. Its a sweet design without being too juvenile.

I stitched the 3.42 inch version on a kid's cream wool jumper last christmas season and it held up through 3 machine washes without any bobbin issues. The density is 464 which is actually on the lighter side, so youre not gonna need a very stiff stabiliser. Hoop a standard cutaway under wool or any knit fabric, tearaway works fine on woven cotton. 5 colours total: dark green, yellow, brown, red, white. 4 colour changes. A customer who bought it last october said her daughter picked this one specifically because of the bell detail, which honestly made my day.

Wilcom EmbroideryStudio ran the brown body fill at a slight directional angle so the reindeer coat reads as textured rather than flat satin. The white detailing on the scarf and belly area uses narrower column stitches to keep fine lines crisp. Smallest size stitches out at 3,445 on a 1.55 by 2.51 inch hoop. Biggest version runs 8,753 stitches at 3.42 by 5.51 inches.

Stitch this on a kids cotton tee, a cream wool sweater, a white onesie, or on the cuff of a fleece holiday blanket. It also works on a denim jacket back yoke at the larger sizes. Add it to a quilted christmas panel as an animal accent piece alongside the other seasonal designs in the collection.